superceeded packages
There have been a number of cases where one package is superceeded by
another. It occurs to me that we don't have a mechanism to inform
people of the change.
Here's a possible workaround: in the first release where a package
does not appear, because it's been superceeded, put in a "terminating
package" with some rather large version (and no minor revision) that
(a) has an error, so it can't be installed, and (b) delivers a message
about what it's been superceeded with, and ideally (c) a description
of the reasons for the change [since this will often be important for
systems administration].
--
Raul
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